The Benefits of Using RFID in the Community
The fact that the use of RFID by this community is legal makes it a suitable technology to solve the recently reported issues. Keeping track of all people and animals moving in and out of the community improves security. Research shows that people are likely to be at their best behaviors when they are under surveillance. Ostensibly, RFID keeps a trail of people making it easier to trace the wrongdoers in case of misdeeds in the community. What is more, people can easily get back their lost pets as the chips on them give information about their owners.
The Ethical Issues of RFID Use
One ethical issue presented by the use of RFID is security and privacy invasion. For one, the use of RFID chips on people and pets means recording every move people make. The invasion of personal and physical privacy causes another level of insecurity and such can be a prime cause of emotional distress. Furthermore, it is easy to read the RFID tags from up to thirty feet away. In other words, they are inherently insecure as any person with a compatible reader can retrieve the information and use it to harm the individual. For instance, the information about the whereabouts of individuals can present opportunities for robbers to invade and steal from their homes.
Weighing the Pros and Cons
Although it might be helpful to use the RFID chips, the community should be prepared to reap the benefits and put up with the risks involved. The philosophical school of thought applied in coming up with the conclusion is realism. I have explicitly explained the positive and the negative effects of using the proposed technology. As a result, the community should adopt it having known what to expect thereafter.
